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Major fire in Chalkidiki, Sivyri and Fourka evacuated – fronts in Aetolia-Acarnania, Ilia and Boeotia

Crews are battling fires across four regions of Greece, with villages evacuated in Chalkidiki and residents elsewhere placed on standby as forecasters warn of gale-force winds gusting above 100 km/h over the coming two days

Gale-force winds to batter Greece for 48 hours, disrupting ferries as temperatures drop up to 7C

The most extreme gusts are forecast for southwestern Boeotia, northern Attica and Evia on Thursday, then southern Evia and southwestern Andros on Friday, as fire-weather danger keeps rising across Greece over the next two days

Zelensky asks for 10% of the US’ Patriot stockpile so Ukraine can defend itself against Russia

“Even if they sell us 5%, we will be able to get through the winter,” the Ukrainian president said. “The Ukrainian people are tired. Putin does not want to stop the war,” he added

The Council of State annulled three operating licenses for branches of private universities

Their annulment was carried out due to legal problems with the regulatory acts governing their operation